Conway man arrested with pound of pot, cash

A Conway man was arrested Thursday after a traffic stop led to the discovery of over a pound of marijuana and $2,000 in cash.

Kenneth D. Lowery, 21, of 1725 Brittany Circle, was arrested for possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver and fleeing following the stop.

According to the report, Conway police initiated the traffic stop after observing a white Mercury Grand Marquis make a left turn onto Spencer Street without signaling. When the officer made contact with the driver, Lowery, he “noticed a strong odor of marijuana coming from the vehicle.” The officer noted that Lowery “appeared to be very nervous” while handing over his driver’s license and vehicle registration.

Officers asked Lowery and two passengers to step out of the vehicle. While the officer was searching one of the passengers, Lowery ran from the scene. A second officer pursued Lowery and was able to aprehend the suspect in a parking lot near Harkrider and Markham streets.

While searching the vehicle, officers located a backpack containing over a pound of marijuana.

Officers also found $2,060 in cash on Lowery’s person. He confessed to owning the marijuana and told officers that the passengers did not know it was in the vehicle. Officers found several text messages on Lowery’s phone “indicating that he has purchased narcotics and sold narcotics to various people.”

The passengers of the vehicle were transported to the Conway Police Department and later released.

Lowery was transported to the Faulkner County Detention Center Unit II and jailed for possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver, fleeing 3rd and no turn signal. His bond was set at $5,395.

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You want to know why we can't build roads? It's because we're spending all this money prosecuting pot dealers, and users. This sort of philosophy did not work with alcohol, it will not work with marijuana. It's much better to tax it, and use that income to actually develop the community.

It's a fact that they're going to buy it anyway, instead of having that wealth concentrate into a cartel, or gang, I'd much rather have much of it put back into our community. Idealism here is getting in the way of pragmatism.

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There's actually good reasoning behind following traffic rules. On the other hand, our drug laws are failing, have failed, and will continue to fail. They did not work in prohibition, they are not working now. It's pretty clear what needs to be done to curb drug use. Sending drug users to prison to learn from other criminals certainly isn't it. That much is obvious.

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